Quotes About Conflict

People whose freedom is taken away always end up hating somebody.

Why do I act like this, agreeing when I really disagree, letting people force me to do things I don't want to do?

Listen up—there's no war that will end all wars,' Crow tells me. 'War breeds war. Lapping up the blood shed by violence, feeding on wounded flesh. War is a perfect, self-contained being. You need to know that.

When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You're seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you're worth.

When I first met you I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You're seeking something, but at the same time running away for all you're worth.

A theory is a battlefield in your head.

Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right.

It's basically impossible for everybody's justice to prevail or everybody's happiness to triumph, so chaos takes over.

Irrepressible curiosity vied with an instinctive fear.

This uneasiness comes over me from time to time, and I feel as if I've somehow been pieced together from two different puzzles.

She was short, and even in a good mood she talked like she was half a step away from picking a fight.

It's hard to stop a war once it starts. Once the sword is drawn, blood's going to be spilled. This doesn't have anything to do with theory or logic, or even my ego. It's just a rule, pure and simple.

My enemy is, among other things, the me inside me. Inside me is the un-me

We have a sane part of our minds and an insane part. We negotiate between those two parts.

Lumea nu este decat o lupta nesfarsita intre amintirile unor tabere opuse.

Strange as it may seem—or perhaps it does not seem so strange—they all had the same thought: it was so much easier to kill humans on the battlefield than animals in cages, even if, on the battlefield, one might end up being killed oneself.

The bottle and the cap don't fit: is the problem with the bottle or the cap?

The cook hates the waiter, and they both hate the customer," Haida said. "A line from the Arnold Wesker play The Kitchen. People whose freedom is taken away always end up hating somebody. Right? I know I don't want to live like that.

Mutual understanding is of critical importance. There are those who say that 'understanding' is merely the sum total of our misunderstandings

It's like I'm spilt in two and playing tag with myself. One half is chasing the other half around this big, fat post. The other me has the right words, but this me can't catch her.

Why do people wage war? Why do hundreds of thousands, even millions of people group together and try to annihilate each other? Do people start wars out of anger? Or fear? Or are anger and fear just two aspects of the same spirit?

My favorite was Love Is...Never Having to Say You're Sorry. This was,the good Lord knew, a dream of mine. But every time I refused to apologize for something, Love seemed to just fly out the window.

Honey, I know you like to take a drink, and that's all right, but be forewarned that I ain't your maid and I ain't your punching-bag, and if you ever raise your hand to me you'd best kill me. Because otherwise I'll wait till you're asleep; sew you into the bed; and beat you to death with a frying pan.

There was even evidence I loved my parents, and I sure felt something for my sister, although sometimes it was a palm itching to hit her.